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Ballarat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Ballarat , city (1991 pop. 64,980), Victoria, SE Australia. It is an industrial center; clothing, food products, paper, brick and tile, and other goods are made. The city flourished during the gold rush (1860s), then declined. It was the site of the Eureka Stockade uprising (1854), an armed insurrection by gold miners who resented licence fees. The site now contains a historical park and a memorial to commemorate the event.

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Ballarat

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Ballarat a mining and sheep-farming centre in Victoria, Australia, which is the site of the discovery in 1851 of the largest gold reserves in Australia.

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Ballarat

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Ballarat, Victoria/Australia Founded in 1854, the name comes from two Aboriginal words meaning ‘resting place’.

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Ballarat

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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